Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-25
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
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railroad shops at Burlington.
Quite a number Of Atlantic people will join
the colony in Washington territory.
Work is progressing radidly On the hocK
Island railroad shops at Davenport
Des Moines newspaper men have formed q
! press club with Col. Eiboeck a. president.
The Gamewell fire alarm system Is to be
established in Dubuque within thirty days.
Abel has a citizen who says he Will be one
OF ten men to raise 81 900 to prospect for gas.
Quite a number OF Atlantic people will join
the communists colony In Washington terri
tory.
A liberal picnic will be held In eastern
Lyon county, in Jesse Monks grove, on sun
day, June 10.
The strike OF the Des Moines cigarmakers
came TO an end Saturday, the men and en-
ployers meeting half way.
The Dubuque Boot and Shoe Manufacturing
company, with a capital OF $4,000, has filed
articles Of incorporation with the secretary OF
state.
There is an old lady in Floyd county who Is
the mother OF eleven union soldiers. Her
pension was recently increased from IS to sl@
per month.
The Ogden house, of Courcil Bluff, is TO be
thoroughly overhauled, new floors put In, an
elevator attached and the entire building re-
fitted and refurnished.
The Burdette company, OF Burlington, now
run their machinery with an electric motor,
and the new power is said to do its work in a
very satisfactory manner
The proprietor OF a New Hampshire boot
and shoe factory, employing 200 men, con-
templates removal to Gowrie In order to get
lower rents and reduce the cost OF living.
A verdict for "a, 900 damages was rendered
In the Linn county court Saturday In favor OF
a man named Handelum and against the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad
company.
Leopold Griber, q Council Bluffs business
man, hung himself with a clothes line In The
hall Of his residence Tuesday morning. Hi'
accounts were straight and no cause is as
signed for the deed.
The Santa Fe Railway company will erect {,
hospital two miles below Fort Madison. Tn,
building will cost probably 100000, and the
institution will be the most perfect railroad
hospital In the country.
VIM. Bebout, tried at Sidney last week fol
the murder Of Richard Hill eighteen years
ago, successfully worked the plea OF self de
Tense, as a majority Of the witnesses had dis
appeared. He was acquitted.
Attorney o. J. Clark, OF Sibley, was In at
tendance upon the grand shooting tourna
ment at st. Peter, Mimi, and his score was
but one point less than that Of Budd, cham.
plon OF the United States.
Henry Rasmussen, Of Ellington, Hancock
county, was struck by lightning Wednesda,
and instantly killed. The same bolt killed Q
team which the man was driving. Rasmussen
leaves a wife and two children.
Near love- City four head Of cattle were
killed by lightning. The position in which
they were found indicated that they had THEN
heads between the wires Of a fence along
which the electricity was travelling.
An italian named Rugger Silina was ar
rested at Council Bluffs Saturday, charged
with passing counterfeit money, and some OF
the ~"queer' was found in his possession. The
prisoner proposes 20 turn states evidence.
The dead man found near Dubuque proved
to be Levi Johnson, a veteron of the war, and
a member OF Col. Henderson's fortv-sixth
Iowa infantry. His wife and several children
live near Sand Springs, In Delaware county.
In the murder case OF State VS.. Dillon, al
Clinton, the jury on Wednesday returned q
verdict of murder In the secon' degree. The
| ,nsn;p,,,u, panolty 10 ton yaara i'm the efatf
prison, and q life sentence may be imposed
Joseph Miller, a German gardener, Of Du'
buque, so years of age, committed suicide
Saturday afternoon by hanging himself In his
barn. He was a hard working, temperate
man, and no cause is assigned for his rash
deed.
The Northwestern owl Soldiers associa'
ton, that heretofore has held its meetings al
Spirit Lake, will meet this year at Sioux City,
probably during the last week in August,
although the date has not yet been definitely
fixed.
Samuel Fl. Jones, one Of the pioneers OF
Burlington, and a man OF considerable
wealth, died at the fremont house, Chicago,
Sunday morning. He was a bachelor and
leaves u fortune 81 u quarter Ol a mlulOu loI
his relatives.
The tax voted In sid Of the Davenport,
Iowa and Dakota railroad will revert to the
people unless construction Is commenced
within a few months, and the business men of
Davenport propose 10 subscribe suacient
stock to commence operations.
The Chicago Times says the news Of the
eating OF Rev. DR.. Reid. formerly of Manson,
by central African cannibals has been con.
irmed. DR.. Reid had setter remained at
home and endeavored to convert the millions
Of heather In his W country.
Burglars cracked the safe Of an Ottumwa
groceryman Monday night, securing $4,000
for their trouble. They also made an attempt
| on a safe In a lumber Office but were frighten.
ed away. Indications lead to the belief that
| both Jobs were the work Of home talent.
An Adair county man named Campbell is
said to have lived in polygamous relations
with two women for about thirty seven years.
Wife No. ! finally tired Of the arrangement
| and brought suit for divorce on the ground OF
adultery, meantime going to live with q
grown-up son.
The counties of Union, Adams, Taylor,
Adair, Ripggold, Madison, Decatur and Clark
will unite In a district fair at Creston, August
20 to September 2 inclusive. A society with